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feat(tui): prevent macOS idle sleep while turns run (#11711)
## Summary
- add a shared `codex-core` sleep inhibitor that uses native macOS IOKit
assertions (`IOPMAssertionCreateWithName` / `IOPMAssertionRelease`)
instead of spawning `caffeinate`
- wire sleep inhibition to turn lifecycle in `tui` (`TurnStarted`
enables; `TurnComplete` and abort/error finalization disable)
- gate this behavior behind a `/experimental` feature toggle
(`[features].prevent_idle_sleep`) instead of a dedicated `[tui]` config
flag
- expose the toggle in `/experimental` on macOS; keep it under
development on other platforms
- keep behavior no-op on non-macOS targets

<img width="1326" height="577" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/73fac06b-97ae-46a2-800a-30f9516cf8a3"
/>

## Testing
- `cargo check -p codex-core -p codex-tui`
- `cargo test -p codex-core sleep_inhibitor::tests -- --nocapture`
- `cargo test -p codex-core
tui_config_missing_notifications_field_defaults_to_enabled --
--nocapture`
- `cargo test -p codex-core prevent_idle_sleep_is_ -- --nocapture`

## Semantics and API references
- This PR targets `caffeinate -i` semantics: prevent *idle system sleep*
while allowing display idle sleep.
- `caffeinate -i` mapping in Apple open source (`assertionMap`):
  - `kIdleAssertionFlag -> kIOPMAssertionTypePreventUserIdleSystemSleep`
- Source:
https://github.com/apple-oss-distributions/PowerManagement/blob/PowerManagement-1846.60.12/caffeinate/caffeinate.c#L52-L54
- Apple IOKit docs for assertion types and API:
-
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/iokit/iopmlib_h/iopmassertiontypes
-
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/iokit/1557092-iopmassertioncreatewithname
  - https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/qa/qa1340/_index.html

## Codex Electron vs this PR (full stack path)
- Codex Electron app requests sleep blocking with
`powerSaveBlocker.start("prevent-app-suspension")`:
-
https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex/codex-vscode/electron/src/electron-message-handler.ts
- Electron maps that string to Chromium wake lock type
`kPreventAppSuspension`:
-
https://github.com/electron/electron/blob/main/shell/browser/api/electron_api_power_save_blocker.cc
- Chromium macOS backend maps wake lock types to IOKit assertion
constants and calls IOKit:
  - `kPreventAppSuspension -> kIOPMAssertionTypeNoIdleSleep`
- `kPreventDisplaySleep / kPreventDisplaySleepAllowDimming ->
kIOPMAssertionTypeNoDisplaySleep`
-
https://github.com/chromium/chromium/blob/main/services/device/wake_lock/power_save_blocker/power_save_blocker_mac.cc

## Why this PR uses a different macOS constant name
- This PR uses `"PreventUserIdleSystemSleep"` directly, via
`IOPMAssertionCreateWithName`, in
`codex-rs/core/src/sleep_inhibitor.rs`.
- Apple’s IOKit header documents `kIOPMAssertionTypeNoIdleSleep` as
deprecated and recommends `kIOPMAssertPreventUserIdleSystemSleep` /
`kIOPMAssertionTypePreventUserIdleSystemSleep`:
-
https://github.com/apple-oss-distributions/IOKitUser/blob/IOKitUser-100222.60.2/pwr_mgt.subproj/IOPMLib.h#L1000-L1030
- So Chromium and this PR are using different constant names, but
semantically equivalent idle-system-sleep prevention behavior.

## Future platform support
The architecture is intentionally set up for multi-platform extensions:
- UI code (`tui`) only calls `SleepInhibitor::set_turn_running(...)` on
turn lifecycle boundaries.
- Platform-specific behavior is isolated in
`codex-rs/core/src/sleep_inhibitor.rs` behind `cfg(...)` blocks.
- Feature exposure is centralized in `core/src/features.rs` and surfaced
via `/experimental`.
- Adding new OS backends should not require additional TUI wiring; only
the backend internals and feature stage metadata need to change.

Potential follow-up implementations:
- Windows:
- Add a backend using Win32 power APIs
(`SetThreadExecutionState(ES_CONTINUOUS | ES_SYSTEM_REQUIRED)` as
baseline).
- Optionally move to `PowerCreateRequest` / `PowerSetRequest` /
`PowerClearRequest` for richer assertion semantics.
- Linux:
- Add a backend using logind inhibitors over D-Bus
(`org.freedesktop.login1.Manager.Inhibit` with `what="sleep"`).
  - Keep a no-op fallback where logind/D-Bus is unavailable.

This PR keeps the cross-platform API surface minimal so future PRs can
add Windows/Linux support incrementally with low churn.

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Co-authored-by: jif-oai <jif@openai.com>
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